§ Mr. MitchellTo ask the Prime Minister if he will set out the procedures for and list the committees, and their membership, involved in selecting candidates to be proposed for appointment as life peers; and what changes to these arrangements he proposes to make following the abolition of hereditary peers' rights to vote. [58681]
§ The Prime MinisterUnder this and the previous administration, there has been no formal committee structure in the selection of candidates for appointment as life peers. We will announce our proposals for changes in the way life peers are appointed in due course.